One for sorrow
By: M.E. Mayer
Series: Death in Byzantium -- [1]
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781781850046; 9781781850053; 9781908800893
Subjects: John the Eunuch (Fictitious character); Fiction; History
Description: 6th century Byzantium. Justinian rules the land as a Christian Emperor, yet John, his Lord Chamberlain, holds fast the traditions of Mithra. Purchased as a slave to serve at the Great Palace in Constantinople, John has risen to become the Emperor's right-hand man. When one of his closest friends, Leukos, Keeper of the Plate, is murdered in a back alleyway, John embarks on the quest to discover his killer.